An incredibly fun action comedy is among the movies on TV tonight

The acclaimed movie is loosely based on true events.

Prime Video has just added one of 2023’s best comedy movies, but if you need more to watch – here are the films airing on TV this Saturday night (27 January):

American Made – Comedy Central – 9pm

Our pick for this evening is this 2017 action comedy loosely based on real events starring Tom Cruise.

In the movie, he plays an American pilot in the ’70s and ’80s who gets recruited to fly clandestine reconnaissance missions for the CIA before becoming a drug smuggler for the Medellín Cartel.

Boasting Cruise at his most charismatic, stylish direction from Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity, Edge of Tomorrow, the upcoming Road House remake) and a handful of very memorable scenes, American Made was a hit with both audiences and critics upon release.

Also featuring amongst its cast such recognisable faces as Caleb Landry Jones, Domhnall Gleeson, Jayma Mays and Sarah Wright, the film is also available to stream on Netflix.

Check out the trailer for American Made right here:

Hitman – Film4 – 9pm

The action video game adaptation starring Timothy Olyphant with a shaved head.

San Andreas – Sky Showcase – 9.30pm

The disaster movie starring Dwayne Johnson.

La La Land – RTÉ2 – 9.40pm

“City of stars. Are you shining just for me?”

Gangs of New York – Channel 4 – 9.45pm

Martin Scorsese’s period crime epic starring a young Leonardo DiCaprio and a phenomenal Daniel Day-Lewis.

Barton Fink – TG4 – 9.45pm

This Coen Brothers-directed black comedy/psychological thriller about an up-and-coming Broadway playwright turned Hollywood screenwriter (John Turturro) in the ’40s suffering with writers’ block is one of the best and weirdest movies of the 1990s.

Night Hunter – MTV – 10pm

Henry Cavill plays a detective hunting a serial killer in this action thriller that did not get good reviews.

Tom Cruise and Domhnall Gleeson in American Made, our TV movie pick for tonight

Taken 2 – ITV4 – 10.20pm

The not very good sequel to the beloved Liam Neeson action flick.

Rambo – Film4 – 10.50pm

The fourth, very violent entry in the Sylvester Stallone action series.

40 Days and 40 Nights – Comedy Central – 11.15pm

In this romantic comedy, a young man (Josh Hartnett) vows to stay celibate during the forty days of Lent after a bad break-up.

The Walker – RTÉ2 – 11.55pm

In this solid thriller from writer-director Paul Schrader (American Gigolo), a male escort (Woody Harrelson) in Washington, D.C is pulled into a political conspiracy.

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society – RTÉ One – 11.55pm

Lily James leads an ensemble cast in this acclaimed historical romantic drama.

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